Saint of the Narrows Street

Condition: BRAND NEW ISBN: 9781641296403 Author(s): William Boyle Format: Hardcover Year: 2025 Publisher: Soho Press Inc Pages: 448

Description: As an Italian American family's decades-old secret begins to unravel, they will have to bear the consequencesâand face each otherâin this thrilling south Brooklyn-set tragic opera of the highest caliber from crime fiction luminary William Boyle.William Boyle is the master of Brooklyn-set crime fiction and Saint of the Narrows Street is his magnum opus. For fans of The Sopranos, Jonathan Lethem, and Dennis Lehane.Gravesend, Brooklyn, 1986: Risa Franzone lives in a ground-floor apartment on Saint of the Narrows Street with her bad-seed husband, Saverio, and their eight-month-old baby, Fabrizio. On the night Risaâs younger sister, Giulia, moves in to recover from a bad breakup, a fateful accident occurs: Risa, boiled over with anger and fear, strikes a drunk, erratic Sav with a cast-iron pan, killing him onthe spot.The sisters are left with a choice: notify the authorities and make a case for self-defense, or bury the manâs body and go on with their lives as best they can. In a moment of panic, in the late hours of the night, they call upon Savâs childhood friendâthe sweet, loyal Christopher âChoochâ Gardiniâto help them, hoping they can trust him to carry a secret like this.Over the vast expanse of the next eighteen years, life goes on in the working-class Italian neighborhood of Gravesend as Risa, Giulia, Chooch, and eventually Fabrizio grapple with what happened that night. A standout work of character-driven crime fiction from a celebrated author of the form, Saint of the Narrows Street is a searing and richly drawn novel about the choices we make and how they shape our lives.

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